Keep up with our Progressive Dairy Podcast episodes to gain insights from what is happening in the industry to new and evolving management techniques for your operation. Just like our magazine, we’ll cover a multitude of topics including human resources, business management, facilities, repro and genetics, feed and nutrition, calf and heifer raising, dry and transition cows, herd health, hoof health, milk quality, animal welfare and manure handling.
Episodes
2024
- Episode 1: Hailey Pipher: @shelikesmilk and advocating for dairy
- Episode 2: Lorilee Schultz: Industry leadership, dairy advocacy, genetics
- Episode 3: Improving your dairy cow’s rumen genetics with Galaxis Frontier (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 4: Beef-on-dairy with Jason Smith
- Episode 5: The fight against downtime with the Michelin X®TWEEL™ for Skid Steer Loaders (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 6: Columbia Community Creamery: New nonprofit creamery energizes local dairy industry
- Episode 7: Proactive calf care counts – Paul Nuttelman, DBC Ag Products (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 8: Your Dairy Checkoff Podcast - Farmer Stories and Perspectives on Dairy Promotion (Episode 9) (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 9: Dairy Farm Tech poster 2.0
- Episode 10: Selko Spotlights Sustainability in the Dairy Sector (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 11: Greg Bethard: High Plains Ponderosa Dairy
- Episode 12: The Stress Response Cascade: What It Is and How to Keep It from Negatively Impacting Cow Health and Productivity (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 13: HerdFlex® beef embryos: Partner Perspective (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 14: Joe Shockey: Rebuilding West Virginia’s dairy industry
- Episode 15: Reproductive Efficiency – The Economics Have Changed (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 16: Udder Buddies: Starting an ice cream business to promote agriculture and help dairy farmers
- Episode 17: Dr. Mark Kinsel: What dairy producers should know about biosecurity
- Episode 18: Robots and rotaries with Torie Little and Stephanie Schroeder
- Episode 19: Know everything about every cow – Steven Pavelski, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 20: Introducing the 2024 Nexus Innovation Award winners
- Episode 21: Introducing M-Power Dairy by Merck Animal Health (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 22: ‘Bringing the world to the farm’ with Hayley Painter
- Episode 23: Dreaming big with first-generation Canadian dairy farmer Suz Brouwer
- Episode 24: EPA/DHA Omega-3 and Reproduction (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 25: Lucas Fuess: Dairy markets, economics and what dairy producers should know
- Episode 26: Enhancing your soil and cropping system with alfalfa (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 27: The case for custom, blended proteins: A look into how amino acid consistency leads to herd efficiency
- Episode 28: Herd Health: Ramp It Up! (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 29: Jeffrey Bewley: Opportunities and limitations of artificial intelligence in dairy
- Episode 30: On-farm biosecurity protocols to help protect your dairy operation (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 31: Milk quality with Justin Graham, BrooksCo Dairy
- Episode 32: Elevating data management to improve cow health, profitability, efficiency
- Episode 33: SenseHub Dairy monitoring: Data-driven insights that maximize productivity and profitability (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 34: Why Alfalfa: Flexibility, Quality and ROI without a compromise (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 35: A look through the sustainability scope with Sara Place
- Episode 36: Know Before You Go - World Dairy Expo 2024 (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 37: Dr. Geof Smith: Maximizing longevity and calf health
- Episode 38: Finding Value on the Dairy: Uncovering New Opportunities with a Full-Solution Approach (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 39: Reyncrest Farm with Tyler and Mackenzie Reynolds
- Episode 40: Level up your calf care with actionable data – Wayne Worden, VAS and Dr. Mike Nagorske, SCCL (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 41: Galaxis Frontier: Cow Health and What We Know About Bird Flu (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 42: Beef market outlook what it means for beef on dairy programs (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 43: Wade Robey: Mitigating mycotoxin issues on dairy farms
- Episode 44: Maximizing reproductive efficiency: See how one dairy producer is combining technology and hormones for greater results (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 45: Can functional additive impact be measured? (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 46: Hoof care with Jamie Sullivan
- Episode 47: Good Gut Health Creates Resilient Calves (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 48: You select, Nedap sorts – Steven Pavelski, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 49: FMMO modernization: USDA’s final decision and the impact it could have on milk prices
- Episode 50: Is Calf Monitoring Technology Worth the Investment? (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 51: Investing in a methane digester with Jeremy Moyer
- Episode 52: Is There A Dairy Renaissance Coming? YES! (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 53: Dr. Todd Bilby Discusses: Where can Producers Find Extra Points of Preg Rates? (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 54: Dwayne Faber: Keeping employees motivated and engaged when managing dairies from afar
- Episode 55: The importance of strategic trace mineral supplementation on udder health and milk quality (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 56: Harvesting Success: The Power of HarvXtra® Alfalfa (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 57: Best of 2024: Top articles, podcast episodes, dairy news stories of the year
2023
- Episode 1: Derrick Josi: New facilities, social media, writing a book
- Episode 2: Evan Barton: First-generation dairy farmer and taking advantage of opportunities the industry presents
- Episode 3: Resources to resolve tense situations and difficult conversations
- Episode 4: Justin Malone: Creating a market for organic milk products
- Episode 5: Introducing the first-ever Dairy Farm Tech poster
- Episode 6: Helping calves reach their health and production goals – Taylor Wolfe, DBC Ag Products (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 7: 2023 state of the dairy industry discussion with Dave Natzke and Kimmi Devaney
- Episode 8: Your Dairy Checkoff Podcast - Farmer Stories and Perspectives on Dairy Promotion (Episode 9) (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 9: Introducing the 2023 Nexus Innovation Award winners
- Episode 10: Mike Haddad and Suzanne Vold: Dairy’s plan for sustainability
- Episode 11: Forget how to mark them “open” with GENEX HerdMonitor® (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 12: Richie Mayo: Sustainability and technology
- Episode 14: Brent and Nancy Wilson: MSU’s 2023 Dairy Farm of the Year
- Episode 15: Exploring the Importance of Fly Control for Dairy Operations with ClariFly® Larvicide (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 16: Building a standout niche market brand
- Episode 17: Stu Rymph, Ph.D. from Purina discusses strategies for reducing heat stress to keep your cows cool and comfortable this season (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 18: Alice Crothers: How YDLI shaped her industry involvement
- Episode 19: Enhancing Dairy Production and Animal Welfare: A Deep Dive into ClariFly® Larvicide's Fly Control Abilities (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 20: Resources for new dairy farmers and those transitioning into management
- Episode 21: Making the most of silage season: silage protection solutions with Silostop Agri (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 22: Raising healthy and productive dairy heifers (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 23: Josh Mendenhall: Inventor of a caffeinated chocolate milk
- Episode 24: Increase workflow efficiency and time management with sample based pregnancy testing (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 25: Lee Holtmeier: Building a family-oriented employee culture with low turnover
- Episode 26: Integrating HerdFlex beef embryos into your beef-on-dairy program (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 27: Stephanie Nash: Moving the dairy from California to Tennessee, on-farm processing and reaching consumers
- Episode 28: See Stress Differently (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 29: Importance of mineral supplementation for dairy heifers (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 30: Max Shenkenberg and Aubrey Schlimgen: Perspectives from young adults working on dairy farms
- Episode 31: Do the Dietary Guidelines Help or Hurt Dairy? You May Be Surprised. (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 32: Matthew Byl: Second-generation dairyman carrying on his family’s American dream
- Episode 33: How will the latest breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence impact the dairy industry (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 34: 5 dairy producers explain what agritourism looks like on their operations
- Episode 35: Raising high-quality dairy-beef crossbred calves (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 36: Tips to stay energized during busy seasons
- Episode 37: Starch Digestibility for Optimizing IOFC with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 38: Feed efficiency: the metric that matters (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 39: Updates to DCHA Gold Standards with Jason Anderson and Pam Selz-Pralle
- Episode 40: Dairy Data: How to Look Critically at Your Profitability with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 41: The missing part of the insights equation – Evine van Riemsdijk, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 42: Animal Ag Alliance: What’s new with animal rights activism?
- Episode 43: Economics of a Low Cull Rate with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 44: Feed additives: The difference between a good herd and a great one? (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 45: Best of 2023
- Episode 46: Intelligent Tech on the Dairy: From Data to Results (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 47: Revolutionize Your Breeding Program with Beef Embryos (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 48: Kiley Heim: Calf management, employee morale, next generation
- Episode 49: AHV (Animal Health Vision) Provides New Solutions To Dealing With Herd Health Challenges (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 50: Leveling up technology
- Episode 51: Growing Cheese Sales With Pizza Partnerships (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 52: The Evolution and Advantages of SenseHub Dairy Monitoring Technology (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 53: Dairy Data Measurement & Application – Thierry Perrotin, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 54: Jim Mulhern: Current policy issues, career highlights, new NMPF leadership
- Episode 55: The use of beef embryos has more benefits than a higher value calf (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 56: A successful year starts with your dairy’s data – Taliah Danzinger, VAS (Sponsorcast)
2022
- Episode 1: Progressive Dairy Panel from Global Dairy Expo
- Episode 2: Evaluating fats in the era of high input costs (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 3: Diversifying and doubling down with Randy Ebert and Jordan Ebert
- Episode 4: How to establish a culture that attracts and retains loyal employees with Jared Yousey, Sunnyside Farms
- Episode 5: Dry Matter Intake: The most important metric for herd performance (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 6: Jones Dairy Farm: A seven-generation business family, featuring Philip Jones, CEO
- Episode 7: 4 Change-focused ideas to win in 2022 with Ryan Estis
- Episode 8: Take your dairy business to the next level with executive thinking, featuring Jay Joy, Milk Money, LLC
- Episode 9: Teat dip solutions – Keith Engel, GEA (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 10: Meet Emily Shaw, Founder of Dairy Girl Fitness
- Episode 13: What it takes to stay under 100,000 SCC on composted manure bedding, featuring Scott Blevins, Wiese Bros. Farms, Greenleaf, Wisconsin
- Episode 14: The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 15: Kurt Wierda and Tom Oelberg: Auditing your TMR and managing 2022 feed costs
- Episode 16: Meet Progressive Dairy’s new editor and podcast host, Kimmi Devaney
- Episode 17: Meet the dairy farmers who handed the milk to the 2022 Indy 500 winning driver
- Episode 18: Managing data on Wisconsin’s largest robotic dairy with Jessica Pralle-Trimner, Miltrim Farms
- Episode 19: Don't overlook the threat of cockroaches (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 20: Meet the Calf Vet, Dr. Marissa Hake
- Episode 21: The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 22: Progressive Dairy Podcast Highlights with Peggy & Kimmi
- Episode 23: Using Technology to Extract More Revenue from Components (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 24: Technology producer panel at first-ever Data and Innovation Summit
- Episode 25: Dr. Jim Drackley: Increasing milk production and feed efficiency with native, rumen microbes (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 26: Employee management, work-life balance and advocacy with Krista Stauffer
- Episode 27: Choosing the right robotic milking system in today’s dairy market – Matt Roberts, GEA (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 28: Jack Mallonee: Managing an automated milking system on a pasture-based dairy and opportunities available for young people in dairy
- Episode 29: Health Care and Dairy Data – Taliah Danzinger, VAS (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 30: Davon Cook: Advisory boards and peer groups take farm management to the next level
- Episode 31: Dairyman Mack Drees: Biting off technology, one big chunk at a time
- Episode 32: Michele Payn: How stress impacts your farm and what you can do about it
- Episode 33: Make timely management decisions with accurate milk yield data – Matt Heisner, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 34: Andy “Caygeon” Junkin: Succession planning and working better with family
- Episode 35: Animal Health (With Someone Smarter Than Us) | The Dairy Dive (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 36: Jake Peissig: A proactive approach to management results in improved cow health and milk quality.
- Episode 37: Dr. Alfonso Lago: Feeding Native, Rumen Microbes Improved Milk Yield, Solids, and Feed Efficiency (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 38: U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium: Preparing the next generation of dairy students
- Episode 39: Creating the farm of the future – Rudy Ebbekink, Nedap (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 40: Best of 2022
2021
- Episode 1: Kristy Pagel: Use this powerful tool to transform your team in 2021
- Episode 2: Maximizing efficiency with Nate Heim, Yippee! Farms
- Episode 3: Chuck Ripp: Ripp’s Dairy Valley
- Episode 4: Amy Penterman, president, Dairy Business Association
- Episode 5: Jennifer Walker: Making cows happy and milk awesome
- Episode 6: Mark Rodgers: Hillcrest Farms (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 7: Implementing IVF on commercial dairies with Dr. Shantiille Kruse
- Episode 8: The rumen microbiome and implications for dairy farmers - Mallory Embree, Native Microbials (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 9: Nexus Innovation Award winners
- Episode 10: BeefxDairy: Why not just any black bull will do.
- Episode 11: Manure scrapers and manure handling efficiency - Jeramy Sanford, GEA (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 12: Pete Kappelman: Land O’Lakes starts doing on-farm sustainability audits
- Episode 13: Fresh Cow Files: Teamwork Makes the Dairy Work (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 14: How to talk so your employees will listen, featuring Bill Eberle, Chr. Hansen, account manager
- Episode 15: Dairy Talk with Norwegian Red (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 16: Willow Behrer Farms: Pete Posnett and Allen Behrer
- Episode 17: Fresh Cow Files: A Fresh Approach to Fresh Cows (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 18: Dr. Larry Corah: The future of beef-on-dairy breeding
- Episode 19: Milk Moovement: Connecting all players in the industry (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 20: Dairy industry sustainability award program celebrates 10th anniversary
- Episode 21: Real Science Exchange - Heat Stress and Late Gestation Cows (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 22: U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award Winner, MVP Dairy – featuring Ken McCarty
- Episode 23: Founder Leon Leavitt: Progressive Dairy’s origin story
- Episode 24: Two technologies that are transforming cow health and reproduction at Dairy Dreams LLC, featuring Dr. Don Niles
- Episode 25: Producing during a pandemic (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 26: Dairywoman Jodi Wallace: What is zero-zero calf care?
- Episode 27: The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 28: Meet the New Mexico Milk Maid: Tara Vander Dussen
- Episode 29: Episode 2 of Dairy Talk with Norwegian Red (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 30: Encore Consultants: 4 Steps for successful dairy farm transition planning
- Episode 31: Robotic milking evolution – Stuart Marshall, GEA (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 32: Steve Wangan: What is the Dairy Brain project?
- Episode 33: Q&A with Drumgoon Dairy (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 34: Dairyman Austin Allred: Royal Family Farming
- Episode 35: Producing during a pandemic (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 36: Jim Mattox: Global Dairy Expo
- Episode 37: Improving Cow Comfort on Farm (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 38: Galaxis Frontier is set to change the dairy game - Native Microbials (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 39: Elle Purrier-St. Pierre: From the dairy farm to chasing Olympic dreams
- Episode 40: Behind the scenes of the service member story series with Amy Throndsen
- Episode 41: DMI CEO Barb O’Brien: New leadership and opportunities for 2022
- Episode 42: Real Science Exchange - Producer Panel at World Dairy Expo (Sponsorcast)
- Episode 43: Progressive Dairy’s Top Articles, Favorite Traditions and What’s New in 2022 - featuring Editors Walt Cooley and Peggy Coffeen
2020
- Episode 1: Marin Bozic: What the 2020s will look like
- Episode 2: Joakim Rosengren: Sustaining agriculture around the globe
- Episode 3: Budjon Farms: Creating permanence in an ever-changing industry
- Episode 4: Fred Gingrich: AABP updates production guidelines for calf dehorning
- Episode 5: Brett Sciotto: Who will be dairy farming in 2040?
- Episode 6: Hannah Vander Poel: Advocating on social media as a female dairy farmer
- Episode 7: Ray Bohacz: Machinery maintenance tips from the ‘Hot Rod Farmer’
- Episode 8: Managing manure: Optimizing nitrogen, finding value in manure and selecting the right system
- Episode 9: Tim Brown: Differences in level of DCAD intensity
- Episode 10: Grant Grinstead: elevating accuracy and efficiency with an automated feed system at Vir-Clar Farms
- Episode 11: Tom Earleywine: What does successful weaning look like in 2020
- Episode 12: Tom Gallagher: DMI’s response to COVID-19
- Episode 13: Ben Loewith: 100 pounds of milk per cow per day
- Episode 14: Tim Moffett: The Manure Spreader
- Episode 15: Melissa Traiser: Why I nominated my milk hauler for a White Heart Award
- Episode 16: Anna Hinchley: Designing her own robot barn
- Episode 17: Millennial podcasters Valene Lickley and Katharine Lotspeich: No topic is off-limits
- Episode 18: The Culture Code book review with dairyman Derek Orth
- Episode 19: Featuring Jim Ostrom, Milk Source
- Episode 20: Get to know co-host editors: Walt Cooley and Peggy Coffeen
- Episode 21: Aidan Connolly: Dairy tech startups in the spotlight
- Episode 22: 4 Things Dairies Need to Do to Stay in Business with Pauly Paul, Complete Management Consulting LLC
- Episode 23: Lloyd Holterman, Rosy-Lane Holsteins - Pioneer on the Genomics Frontier
- Episode 24: Brent Simon: MMPA’s 2020 young cooperator of the year
2019
- Trailer: Introducing Progressive Dairy podcasts
- Episode 1: Interview with Kay Johnson Smith: What animal rights activist are up to in 2019
- Episode 2: How dairyman Michael Johnson has integrated eartag activity monitoring
- Episode 3: Milking robots: When to retrofit, how to train fresh cows and troubleshooting cow signals
- Episode 4: Pete Turk and Mike North: Risk management and forwarding contracting
- Episode 5: How to ensure farm family meetings are productive
- Episode 6: Dr. Gordie Jones: The all-seasons hybrid barn
- Episode 7: Andy Lenkaitis: The aims of dairy automation
- Episode 8: Be grateful for your "super power"
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